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you really should watch the response video I posted the other day to not look so silly with these cooper memes

Quote (EndlessSky @ Sep 21 2018 02:39am)

That video was fake. He strawmanned Don Jr - proving that CNN isnt even good enough to fact check a meme

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It appears that to allow Bannon to make any point (let alone win it) would be to risk the total and utter death of Zanny Minton Beddoes

Quote (HeLiCaL @ Sep 20 2018 08:47pm)

we both gave this guy this info that same day in two different threads, and he STILL shilling for fake news

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Trump is beating up on Iran — and it's making Obama look weak

President Donald Trump has, at almost every turn, defied experts on Iran policy to take a very aggressive track against Tehran.
Despite this, Trump has yet to suffer a single tangible consequence or any of the nightmare scenarios that President Barack Obama warned against.
Under Trump, the US has withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal, a move Obama officials warned could send the country sprinting toward a nuclear weapon. Iran remains in compliance with the deal today.
Trump's White House plans to sanction Iran's oil exports in November, and despite warnings of oil prices spiking or European firms picking Tehran over Washington, oil prices are steady and even India, a longtime client of Iran's, has cut ties.
Despite the pain Iran took from Trump's sanctions, experts contacted by Business Insider expect it to remain in the deal. They say the country has few remaining economic lifelines, and publicly breaching the deal to go nuclear could snuff out the remaining embers.
The US military in Syria has repeatedly and stiffly beaten back Iranian and Iranian-linked forces when challenged.
Under Obama, the US sought to give Iran a wide berth in Syria as it worked behind the scenes to reach the Iran nuclear deal. In the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway outside Iran, Iranian ships would frequently harass and threaten US Navy ships. Under Trump, Iran has stopped these provocations.
"The president is doing the opposite of what the experts said, and it seems to be working out," Michael Lynch, the president of Strategic Energy and Economic Research, told The New York Times.

Since Trump took office, Iran has weathered a series of withering economic and military setbacks.
While Iran remains in the deal that sought to relieve the sanctions burden on its oil exports, it has lost out hugely as international businesses overwhelmingly choose not to provoke Trump's ire by buying Iranian oil.
Iran's military, mostly at Israel's hands, has been repeatedly and fiercely targeted by airstrikes, to which it offered limited responses. While the US and much of the world dread the prospect of a nuclear Iran, Israel has made it clear that it intends to take direct and swift military action to destroy the nuclear capabilities of regional rivals like Iran.
The US has arguably damaged its international reputation and relations with European partners in pulling out of the deal, but it's unclear whether this has done any tangible damage to US businesses.
Arms-control experts widely argued that the withdrawal from the Iran deal would show North Korea that diplomacy with the US was pointless, but relations between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appear almost entirely based on mutual good faith at this point.

As Obama's secretary of state, John Kerry spent the years before the Iran deal traveling Europe asking banks to do business with Iran, a country the US designates a state sponsor of terror.
When Trump entered office, Kerry continued his work to help Iranian business in private meetings with officials in the country.
Kerry and Obama sought to have Iran integrated in the world economy as a key part of their signature foreign-policy achievement, and it appears not to have worked.
Of course, Trump benefits from having the nuclear deal in place, which curbs Iran's ability to either saber rattle or actually pursue a bomb. Iran's poor business climate, human-rights record, and internal strife have also scared off businesses that may have in principle wanted to transact with Tehran, aiding Trump's crackdown.
Obama officials frequently argued that the US couldn't unilaterally pressure Iran, but under Trump, Iran's currency, the rial, has tanked.
Obama officials argued that the nuclear deal sought to address the narrow issue of nuclear proliferation and nothing else, mostly leaving US detainees, Iran's regional military ambitions, and Iran's open threats to Israel out of negotiations.
But under Trump, the US has addressed all of its grievances with Iran, including the country's funding of terrorism, the escalating fighting in Syria, its missile tests, and even its oppression of its own people, all while Tehran stays in the deal.

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Fantasies are more comfortable than reality for some...

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Arms-control experts widely argued that the withdrawal from the Iran deal would show North Korea that diplomacy with the US was pointless, but relations between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appear almost entirely based on mutual good faith at this point.

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Of course, Trump benefits from having the nuclear deal in place, which curbs Iran's ability to either saber rattle or actually pursue a bomb. Iran's poor business climate, human-rights record, and internal strife have also scared off businesses that may have in principle wanted to transact with Tehran, aiding Trump's crackdown.

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But under Trump, the US has addressed all of its grievances with Iran, including the country's funding of terrorism, the escalating fighting in Syria, its missile tests, and even its oppression of its own people, all while Tehran stays in the deal.

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lolwat

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Senator Dean Heller on Wednesday called President Trump “a great leader” who had revived Nevada’s economy, a striking departure from the arm’s-length approach Mr. Heller took with Mr. Trump in the 2016 campaign and in the first months of his presidency.

In a private conference call with White House aides, other Nevada Republican officials and local activists, Mr. Heller — the most endangered Senate Republican up for re-election this November — offered an unqualified embrace of the president.

“Our arms are wide open,” Mr. Heller said on the call, held to drum up interest in Mr. Trump’s campaign rally scheduled for Thursday in Las Vegas. “We’re so thrilled to have the president.”

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The report draws attention to a move by former President Barack Obama to stop sending so-called “no match” letters to employers notifying them that numbers used by employees on the wage forms do not match their identity.

“The Social Security numbers of young children are especially sought by illegal aliens, as this theft is likely to go undetected for years. As children reach late teenage years and apply for credit for cars, student loans, and other needs, they may find that their credit has been compromised with mortgages, credit cards and criminal records attached to their identities,” said the group.

“This investigation shines a light on the depth of America’s problems as a result of allowing illegal aliens into the country,” said Dale L. Wilcox, executive director and general counsel of IRLI. “It also debunks the idea that being in the country illegally is a victimless crime. Millions of Americans, in many cases children, are having their identities stolen to enable even more criminal activity. Illegal aliens should not reap Social Security benefits that result from the commission of identity theft.”